Women in SF.

[lyssie]

A list.
This is a list, of everything I could come up with off the top of my head including movies and random not-quite-SF tv....

ETA: Many thanks to the people who've contributed. If you still see more, lemme know (one absolutely, ONE thing. There will be NO Meg Ryan. Ever. Sorry.)

ETA2: Criteria was: visual media (tv/movie); Female. So, there are some children listed. A few I added guests to (I can't help it). And I generally just, uh... used somewhat personal preference. And I think I have edited this post 30 times, at this point...

ETA3: Have added most of the recent suggestions (even Lost and Alias). Am stunned to have forgotten Space: Above and Beyond (Shane! omfg! Now I need to dig out the pilot).

Doctor Who (I believe the wome have actually outnumbered the men as companions. Possibly for the T&A factor): Susan, Barbara, Vicki,Dodo,Polly,Victoria Waterfield,Katarina,Sara Kingdom,Zoe Herriot,Liz Shaw,Jo Grant, Sarah Jane Smith,Leela,Romana 1,Romana 2,Nyssa,Tegan Jovanka,Peri Brown,Melanie Bush,Ace,Doris,Grace,Rose,(they squeak in, damnit, from the novels) Benny and Roz, Sam Jones, Amy Pond, Martha Jones, Donna Noble, Liz X, Lady Christina de Souza, River Song

Blake's 7: Jenna Stannis, Cally, Dayna Mellanby, Soolin, Servalan/Sleer, Giron, Sinofar, Avalon, Dr. Plaxson, Chenie (no more, RSR. *eyes*)

Hitchiker's Guide: Trillian (Tricia McMillan)

Old Skool BSG: Athena, Serena, Cassiopea, Sheba

Space:1999: Doctor Helena Russell, Sandra Benes, Maya

Buffy/Angel: Buffy, Willow, Cordelia, Tara, Kennedy, Dawn, other assorted Mary Sue slayers, Faith, Illyria, Fred, Jenny Calendar, Kate Lockley, Lilah Morgan, Anya, Joyce Summers, Kendra, Amy, Jasmine, Evil!Willow, Drusilla, Glory, Darla...

Star Trek: Uhura, Nurse Chappel, Yeoman Rand, Amanda Grayson, Edith Keiler, Dr. Gillian Taylor, Lt. Saavik

ST: TNG: Tasha Yar, Beverly Crusher, Deanna Troi, Ro Laren, Guinan

ST: DS9: Kira Nerys, Jadzia Dax, Ezri Dax, Keiko O'Brien, Kai Opaka, Kai Wynn, Cassidy Yates

ST: Voyager: Janeway, B'elanna (sp?), Seven of Nine, Kes, Naomi Wildman

ST: Enterprise: T'Pol, Hoshi, Amanda Cole, T'Les, T'Pau, Talas, Captain Erika Hernandez

Farscape: Aeryn Sun, Chiana, Zhaan, ServalanCommandant Grayza, Noranti, Sikozu, Jool, Guests: Furlow, Eidelon priestess, every woman from Look at the Princess, Henta, Lorell, Xhallax Sun, Olivia Crichton, John's mother, the female pilot...

Babylon Five: Susan Ivanova, Talia Winters, Lyta Alexander, Delenn, Na'toth, Elizabeth Lochley, Anna Sheridan, Laurel Takashima

Crusade: Dureena, Dr. Sarah Chambers

Buck Rogers: Wilma Deering

SG-1: Sam Carter, Janet Frasier, Guests: Ishta, Shau'nac, Drey'auc, all the Amazons, Tollan lady (who I hate, but was a DAMN good leader), Elizabeth Weir, Cassandra FrasierSha're, Catherine Langford, Gairwyn (of Cimmeria), RepliCarter, TinMan!Carter, TBFTGOG!AU!Carter, POV!AU!Carter, Rosha, Garshaw/Yosuuf, Anise/Freya, Jennifer Hailey, Dr. Brightman, Heimdall (well, Teryl Rothery did the voice, so...), Laira, Kynthia, Kendra, Ke'ra, Oma Desala, Nirrti, Bast, Morrigan, Amersatu (Japanese Goa'uld), Hathor, the girl from Learning Curve, the Pangaran archaeologist from Cure...

SG: Atlantis: Teyla, Dr. Weir, Guests: Chaya, the chick from Cure, um Poisoning the Well, the Psych, Sora, Allina, Larrin, Jennifer Keller.

Battlestar Galactica: 2003: Starbuck (Kara Thrace), Boomer (Sharon Valerii, and there are TWO), Six (Gods know how many of her), President Laura Roslin, Anastasia Dualla, Cally, Ellen Tigh, Priest Elosha, D'Anna Biers, Jean Barolay, Paulla, Jeanne, Racetrack (Maggie!), Diana Seelix, Kendra Shaw, Helena Cain, Gina Invierre, Louanne Katraine, Erin Matthias, Ellen Tigh, Tory Foster, Showboat.

X-Files: Dana Scully, Monica Reyes, Mrs. Scully, Mrs. Skinner, Diana Fowley, Skinner's secretary

Star Cops: Pal Kenzy (OMFG, how could I forget her?), Anna Shoun

The Survivors: There were quite a few women on this (it's a Terry Nation post-apocalyptic Britain thing), but I've never seen it.

Red Dwarf: the real Kochanski, the fake Kochanski, the second Holly

Earth 2: Devon Adair, Julia Heller, Bess Martin, True Danziger, Denner, Magus, Eben Singe

Andromeda: Andromeda/Rommie, Beka, Trance (1 and 2), Doyle

Lois & Clark: Lois Lane, Cat Grant

Other Superman permutations: (Superboy, Smallville) Lana Lang, Chloe, Martha Kent

Roswell: Tess, Isabel, Liz, Maria

Tru Calling: Tru Davies

Earth: Final Conflict: Lili Marquette, Renee Palmer, Dr. Julianne Belman

Sliders: Wade Welles, Maggie Beckett, Dr. Diana Davis

Alien Nation: Susan Francisco, Emily Francisco, Cathy Frankel

Forever Knight: Natalie Lambert, Captain Amanda Cohen, Janette, Tracy Vetter, Urs, Divia

Highlander: Amanda, Tessa, Anne, Cassandra, Alexa, movie: Heather, Rachel, Brenda Wyatt

Firefly -- Zoe, Kaywinnith Lee Frye, River Tam, Inara, Mrs. Reynolds.

Reboot: Dot Matrix, Mouse, Hexadecimal, AndrAIa, Princess Bula, Dixon Green, Daemon

Lost in Space: Maureen Robinson, Judy Robinson, Penny Robinson

Poltergeist: The Legacy - Alex Moreau, Rachel Corrigan, Kat Corrigan, Kristin Adams, Megan Torrance.

Friday: the 13th: the Series - Micki Foster

VR5: Sydney Bloom

Cleopatra 2525 (were there guys on this show? I know one of the chicks went on to be Zoe on Firefly): Cleopatra, Helen, Sarge(Rose).

Space Above And Beyond: Shane Vansen, Vanessa Damphouse, Chig, Kelly Anne Winslow

Random SF movies (sadly, I don't remember all of the character names)
Aliens: Ellen Ripley, Lambert, Vasquez, Call, two other marines were women, but I don't recall their names.
Trinity (Hey, Liz, I know nothing about Matrix women other than our Goddess)
Resident Evil - Alice, Jill, Rain, Angela Ashford
Princess Leia
Amidala
Red Planet - Cmdr. Kate Bowman (Carrie Ann Moss)
Supernova - Kaela Evers (Angela Bassett, who would omfg so rock as Storm)
Strange Days - Mace
X-Men: Jean Grey, Rogue, Mystique, Storm (die, Halle, DIE)
Sarah Connor
Mission to Mars - whatserface who sucked so much ass. Terri Fisher.
Virus - Kelly Foster (Jamie Lee Curtis)
Judi Dench (just because)
Starship Troopers: Private Dizzy Flores, Pilot Cadet Carmen Ibanez, Captain Deladier (small part), Sky Marshall Tehat Maru (small part)
Event Horizon - Evelyn Starck, Peters
2010 - had a couple of Russian women, including Helen Mirren
Tank Girl: Tank Girl, Jet Girl
Spider-Man: Mary-Jane Watson, Aunt May
Superman: Lois Lane
Back to the Future: Jennifer, Clara, Lorraine
Bladerunner: Rachael, Pris, Zhora
Logan's Run: Jessica 6, Holly, Mary 2
Fifth Element: Leeloo, The Diva
A Boy And His Dog: Quilla June
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Ms. Wilhelmina Murray
Ringu / The Ring: Sadako Yamamura / Samara Morgan, Rachel Keller / Reiko Asakawa, Anna Morgan / Shizuko Yamamura
Mad Max: Tina Turner
Men in Black: Elle.
Metropolis: Maria, The Robot
Contact: Ellie Arroway
Time Machine: Weena
Handmaid's Tale: Offred, The Wife.
Forbidden Planet: Altaira Morbius

Random other shows which are almost SciFi:
The Pretender: Miss Parker, Mrs. Parker
NCIS: Kate Todd, Abby Sciuto
House: Dr. Cameron, Dr. Cuddy
F/X: The Series: Angie, Mira, Carrie Ann Moss's character from the first season...
Red Cap: Jo McDonagh, Neve, Harriet Frost, Maddy
Murder in Suburbia: Scribbs and Ash
Touching Evil: Susan Taylor (can I please grow up to be her?)
Second Sight: Catherine Tully, DC Holt
Prime Suspect: Jane Tennyson
The Avengers: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel, Tara King, Purdey (from the New Avengers)
CSI: Catherine, Sara, Calleigh, Megan Donner, Yelina Salos, Alexx Woods, Stella Bonasera, Aidan Burn (CSI NY), Sophia Curtis, Mia
Without a Trace: Sam Spade, Vivian Johnson
Randall & Hopkirk (deceased): Jean Hopkirk, Jenny
Sherlock Holmes: Mrs. Hudson
Jack of All Trades: the British spy, Jack's female partner--Emilia Smythe Rothschild
The A-Team: Amy
Brisco County, JR: Dixie Cousins
Alias: Sydney Bristow, Nadia, Lauren Reed, Francie, Irina Derevko
Lost: Kate, Claire, Shannon, Sun
Profiler: Sam Waters, Rachel Burke, Grace Alvarez, Angel Brown, Chloe Waters, Congresswoman Karen Archer (Erin Gray's second role on the list)
Dark Justice: Kelly Cochrane, Tara MacDonald (Carrie Anne-Moss may beat out Zoe...), Cat Duran, Sam Collins

The Prisoner:
Number Two (Dance of the Dead)
Number Two (Many Happy Returns)
Number Two (the one disguised as the Polish maid in the election episode)
Nadia
The Girl Who Was Death
(Okay, they're sort of guests, but everyone but McGoohan was a guest on that show.)

Comments

[gordon-r-d.livejournal.com]

Old Skool BSG:
Athena
Serena
Cassiopea

Space:1999 :
Doctor Helena Russell
Sandra Benes
Maya

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*cuddlesmooches* Thank you. :)

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Babylon 5:
Elizabeth Lochley

DS9:
Cassidy Yates

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

*adds*

[surreallis.livejournal.com]

SG-1:
Janet?

Starship Troopers:
Private Dizzy Flores
Pilot Cadet Carmen Ibanez
Captain Deladier (small part)
Sky Marshall Tehat Maru (small part)

Who was that main female character on Buck Rogers?

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Good point. *edits*

And, and... damn. Wilma Deering.

[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

Personally, I'd say guests don't count, just regulars and recurring. A guest is just a guest, they come and go like water. Because try tallying up female guest stars on DW, or something... :)

Dr Who:
Sara Kingdom

Buffy/Angel:
Jenny Calendar
Lilah
the blond cop whose name I forget

ST: TOS
Yeoman Rand

ST: TNG
Tasha Yar

ST: Voyager
Naomi Wildman (She's, what, six, but she counts, surely.)

ST: Enterprise
T'Pol
Hoshi

Farscape:
Dammit, you forgot Zhaan, bitch.

Crusade (The B5 spinoff):
Dureena

SG-1:
Dammit, Janet. (Rocky, Brad!)

Red Dwarf:
the real Kochanski
the fake Kochanski
the second Holly

Star Cops:
the loud Australian woman whose name I forget (sue me, it's been ages)

The Survivors:
There were quite a few women on this (it's a Terry Nation post-apocalyptic Britain thing), but I've never seen it.

BSG (1978):
Athena
Casseopeia

Random movies:
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Event Horizon - I think it had women
2010 - had a couple of Russian women, including Helen Mirren

Random Almost-SF
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The Avengers:
Cathy Gale
Emma Peel (which is where Diana Rigg should probably go, since she does so little genre stuff)
Tara King
Purdey (from the New Avengers)

The Prisoner:
Number Two (Dance of the Dead)
Number Two (Many Happy Returns)
Number Two (the one disguised as the Polish maid in the election episode)
Nadia
The Girl Who Was Death
(Okay, they're sort of guests, but everyone but McGoohan was a guest on that show.)

Jack of All Trades:
the British spy, Jack's female partner

The A-Team:
Amy

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*ravishes and adds*

[katcorvi.livejournal.com]

Don't forget Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in Alien!

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*points* Didn't. *ravishes*

[liminalliz.livejournal.com]

MY GIRLFRIENDS!!! *will add to list later*

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

yay! *awaits*

*thwaps*

[aj.livejournal.com]

SG-1: Cassie Fraiser

Earth 2: Denner, Magus, and Eben Singe

Andromeda! Rommie!!!! (Beka too. And Trance gold and purple.) But. ROMMIE!!!!!

Re: *thwaps*

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*eyes* Dude, I forgot Zhaan, Anya and Pal Kenzy in my original post. Bah. I'm expanding the list.

[seraphic-slayer.livejournal.com]

Are we just counting heroines? Because if not,

Buffy/Angel: Kendra, Amy and Jasmine.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Nope. *adds* (I even added Evil!Willow, because omg, she counts)

[bethos.livejournal.com]

Firefly -- Zoe, Kaywinnith Lee Frye, River Tam, Patience, Mrs. Reynolds.

Joyce Summers!

[ljs-lj.livejournal.com]

Back to the Future - Marty's girlfriend/wife (does she count? she was pretty much just wallpaper), Lorraine, Clara

Logan's Run - Jenny (?) (is that what the woman's name was?)

The Time Machine - Weena

Stargate: Sha're, Catherine Langford, Gairwyn (of Cimmeria), RepliCarter, TinMan!Carter, TBFTGOG!AU!Carter, POV!AU!Carter, Rosha, Garshaw/Yosuuf, Anise/Freya, Jennifer Hailey, Dr. Brightman, Heimdall (well, Teryl Rothery did the voice, so...), Laira, Kynthia, Kendra, Ke'ra, Oma Desala, Niirti, Bast, Morrigan, Amersatu (Japanese Goa'uld), Hathor, the girl from Learning Curve, the Pangaran archaeologist from Cure

X-Files: Mrs. Scully, Mrs. Mulder, Skinner's secretary

Highlander:The Movie: Rachel, Brenda Wyatt

The Handmaid's Tale: Offred, the Wife (does this count? speculative fiction)

Armageddon: Liv Tyler's character

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: the wife (Teri Garr)

Contact: Ellie Arroway

The Postman: the woman he hooks up with in the end

Kate and Leopold: Kate McKay (Time travel!)

(And yes, I did just go over and stare at my VHS and DVD collection....)

[rosewildeirish.livejournal.com]

Old Skool BSG: Female pilot whose name escapes me (off the other Battlestar). Good character, sucky actress.

Babylon 5: Anna Sheridan

Atlantis: Sora, the chick from The Brotherhood, and one of the Athosians was named (M name, foreign [Slavic?] for Mary)

X-Files: Blonde chick (Maria C.) that fed Mulder info, Samantha Mulder

[rosewildeirish.livejournal.com]

Also, if you're doing Highlander: The Movie, you have to add Heather.

[obsidian179.livejournal.com]

Do the Resident Evil movies count? Because if so there's Alice, Rain, Jill, Angela Ashford... And what about that Romulan woman (whatever her name was) from Star Trek: Nemesis?

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

yup. Only Angela was missing. And... I'm ignoring the Trek movies or my head will implode omg.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*adds*

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

The Fifth Element: Leeloo, the Diva

I think we need to add Rose to the DW list now. Grace is debatable.

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Randall & Hopkirk (deceased): Jean Hopkirk, her sister Jenny appeared a few times.

ReBoot counts, yay!: Mouse, Hex, Dot, AndrAIa, Princess Bula, Dixon Green, Daemon

[silverdragon262.livejournal.com]

Alien Nation:
Susan Francisco
Emily Francisco
Cathy Frankel

Forever Knight:
Natalie Lambert
Captain Amanda Cohen
Janette
Tracy Vetter
Urs
Divia

Poltergeist: The Legacy:
Rachel Corrigan
Alexandra Moreau
Julia Walker
Katherine 'Kat' Corrigan
Kristin Adams

Earth: Final Conflict
Lili Marquette
Renee Palmer
Dr. Julianne Belman

Sliders:
Wade Welles
Maggie Beckett
Dr. Diana Davis

Blade Runner:
Pris
Rachael
Zhora

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

*adds, and eyes list* I may need to make it more ordered, one of these days...

[livilla.livejournal.com]

Mmmm... Forbidden Planet. Gotta love crappy 50s movies. *pets*

[thekatebeyond.livejournal.com]

None of these are regulars, but they were pivotal characters.

BSG2003 - Ellen Tigh, Priestess Elosha (sp?)
ST: TNG - Guinan
ST: Enterprise - Amanda Cole, T'Les, T'Pau, Talas, Captain Erika Hernandez ... there's more, but that's off the top of my head.

The red-headed woman from the Red Cap pilot was named Maddy iirc.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Those'll work. *adds*

And, dude. I SO should have remembered her name was Maddy... I just hope she's not off marrying Scott Summers.

[wishfulaces.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, hey, if you're gonna add Benny and Roz from the NAs, then surely you can put in Sam, Compassion, Anji, and Trix as well from the EDAs?

:-D

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Nope. Benny and Roz is it.

[ljs-lj.livejournal.com]

ST:TOS:
Amanda Grayson
Edith Keeler (sp?)

ST Movies:
Dr. Gillian Tayler
Lt. Saavik

Andromeda: Doyle (sp?)
Tru Calling: Tru Davies


House counts as "almost scifi"?
(Sorry about the Meg Ryan. I was reaching.)

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*adds to list, but has no brain for updating it again yet*

House counts as snarkinabox.

*cough*

(and you're actually right. time travel counts. I just... hate that woman so much. Even if I will watch French Kiss. But there is gallic-shrugging Kevin Kline)

[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

If we're adding guests, I want Giroc and Sinofar, Avalon, Dr. Plaxton, the Mission to Destiny chicks, Selma, Chenie... :)

[pwincess.livejournal.com]

I just thought of some!

-Cat Grant from Lois & Clark (a woman I sadly did and still do look up to)
-Martha Kent
-Alias: Sydney Bristow, Nadia, Lauren Reed, Francie, Irina Derevko
-Lost: Kate, Claire, Shannon, Sun

(Although I wouldn't classify "sci-fi" as the primary genre for Alias and Lost.)

A few more things...

[pwincess.livejournal.com]

Brisco County Jr. is definitely a sci-fi show straight-up.

The Pretender reminds me of The Profiler, which I never watched regularly, but that was sci-fi and at least the main character was a woman. I'm sure someone can help with the names for that one...

And adding to my Alias list, Anna Espinosa. (This notably marks Gina Torres' fourth character to be listed here!)

[joyfulfeather.livejournal.com]

(linked over by svilleficrecs) Neat list. A few additions that I can see...

Crusade: Doctor Sarah Chambers
Stargate Atlantis: Allina (guest from The Brotherhood)
Babylon 5: Laurel Takashima (second in command from The Gathering)

Note on new BSG: Dualla *is* her last name, apparently. No first name yet.

CSI: Stella Bonasera, Aidan Burn (CSI NY), Sophia Curtis, Mia (CSI new recurring characters)

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*adds, mwahah* Thank you. (I keep adding more, but that's the point, in my head).

[boofadil.livejournal.com]

it may be on here but

Space: Above and Beyond has Shane as well as others, i just can't think of them atm.

/not very helpful

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

...I can't believe I forgot S:A&B. Arrrr.

[trialia]

More Matrix... Niobe, Ice, Jue and Binary all kick ass.

You have good taste, girl. *loves up on Elizabeth*

[scarfman]

Martha Kent ought to be listed under Lois & Clark as well as Smallville.

The list appears to predate Martha Jones and Donna Noble.